However, scientists did note that it would take six years for the Europa Clipper to travel the 1.8 billion miles and enter Jupiter's orbit, meaning they can't even start looking around until 2030.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully launched on October 14, 2024, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission aims to investigate Europa, one of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life ...

Europa Clipper will reach the orbit of Jupiter’s moon in late spring/early summer of 2030. The spacecraft, the largest NASA has ever built for a visit to another planet, will study the ocean world.

On Oct. 14, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft began a vital mission. It will be investigating the potential habitability of Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa — but first, it has to get there.

Clipper will circle Jupiter every 21 days. One of those days will bring it close to Europa, among 95 known moons of Jupiter and close to our own moon in size.

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One of those days will bring it close to Europa, among 95 known moons at Jupiter and close to our own moon in size. The spacecraft will skim as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above Europa ...

Clipper will circle Jupiter every 21 days. One of those days will bring it close to Europa, among 95 known moons of Jupiter and close to our own moon in size.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life ...